Frailty — current problem of geriatric medicine

V.A. Skybchyk, S.D. Bablyak

Abstract

The article presents one of the most modern problems of geriatric medicine — frailty (English — fragility, weakness, infirmity). It concerns those elderly and senile patients who need extra care in their everyday life. The problems of definition, classification, clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of senile asthenia are considered. Awareness of this pathology can be useful for physicians of all areas who face different aspects of the treatment of elderly patients.